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Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deafby Oliver Sacks
Sign language is, in the hands of its masters, a most beautiful and expressive language.
Awakenings; A Leg to Stand On; The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales; Seeing Voicesby Oliver Sacks
Four of Sacks' books in one volume, that form a canon of the most fascinating, enlightening, and inspiring medical writing of our age.
The Best American Science Writing 2003by Oliver Sacks
In his introduction to The Best American Science Writing 2003, Dr. Oliver Sacks, whom the New York Times has called "the poet laureate of medicine," writes that "the best science writing ... cannot be completely 'objective' -- how can it be when science itself is so human an activity? -- but it is never self-indulgently subjective either. It is, at best, a wonderful fusion, as factual as a news report, as imaginative as a novel." It is with this definition of "good" science writing in mind that Dr. Sacks has selected the twenty-five extraordinary pieces that make up the latest installment of this acclaimed annual. This year, Peter Canby travels into the heart of remote Africa to track a remarkable population of elephants; Atul Gawande shows us the way doctors learn their skills by performing supposedly routine procedures on unsuspecting patients. With candor and tenderness, Floyd Skloot observes the toll Alzheimer's disease is taking on his ninety-one-year-old mother, and is fascinated by the memories she retains. Marcelo Gleiser asks: If we are the universe's sole intelligent species, then what must we do to be good citizens of the cosmos? Natalie Angier writes about the challenge of traveling to distant stars. Gunjan Sinha explores the mating behavior of the common prairie vole and what it reveals about the human pattern of monogamy. Michael Klesius attempts to solve what Darwin called "an abominable mystery": How did flowers originate? Lawrence Osborne tours a farm where a genetically modified goat produces the silk of spiders in its milk. Joseph D'Agnese visits a home for retired medical research chimps. And in the collection's final piece, Richard C. Lewontin and Richard Levins reflect on how the work of Stephen Jay Gould demonstrated the value of taking a radical approach to science. As this series firmly attests, science writing has achieved a central place in our culture, and one can posit that the reason why has to do with the special thrill of discovery that a cogent piece of science writing can elicit. As Dr. Sacks writes of Stephen Jay Gould -- to whose memory this year's anthology is dedicated -- an article of his "was never predictable, never dry, could not be imitated or mistaken for anybody else's." The same can be said of all of the writing contained in contributions to this diverse collection "that can be enjoyed by laymen, scientists, and writers alike" (Nature).
A Leg to Stand Onby Oliver Sacks
Dr. Oliver Sacks's books "Awakenings, An Anthropologist on Mars" and the bestselling "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat" have been acclaimed for their extraordinary compassion in the treatment of patients affected with profound disorders. In "A Leg to Stand On", it is Sacks himself who is the patient: an encounter with a bull on a desolate mountain in Norway has left him with a severely damaged leg. But what should be a routine recuperation is actually the beginning of a strange medical journey when he finds that his leg uncannily no longer feels part of his body. Sacks's brilliant description of his crisis and eventual recovery is not only an illuminating examination of the experience of patienthood and the inner nature of illness and health but also a fascinating exploration of the physical basis of identity. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Talesby Oliver Sacks
In his most extraordinary book, "one of the great clinical writers of the 20th century"(The New York Times)recounts the case histories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological disorders. Oliver Sacks's The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat tells the stories of individuals afflicted with fantastic perceptual and intellectual aberrations: patients who have lost their memories and with them the greater part of their pasts; who are no longer able to recognize people and common objects; who are stricken with violent tics and grimaces or who shout involuntary obscenities; whose limbs have become alien; who have been dismissed as retarded yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents. If inconceivably strange, these brilliant tales remain, in Dr. Sacks's splendid and sympathetic telling, deeply human. They are studies of life struggling against incredible adversity, and they enable us to enter the world of the neurologically impaired, to imagine with our hearts what it must be to live and feel as they do. A great healer, Sacks never loses sight of medicine's ultimate responsibility: "the suffering, afflicted, fighting human subject."
An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Talesby Oliver Sacks
Here are seven detailed and fascinating portraits of neurological patients, including a surgeon consumed by the compulsive tics of Tourette's syndrome unless he is operating; an artist who loses all sense of color in a car accident, but finds a new sensibility and creative power in black and white; and an autistic professor who cannot decipher the simplest social exchange between humans, but has built a career out of her intuitive understanding of animal behavior.
The Mind's Eyeby Oliver Sacks
In The Mind's Eye, Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and abilities: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read, the sense of sight. For all of these people, the challenge is to adapt to a radically new way of being in the world. There is Lilian, a concert pianist who becomes unable to read music and is eventually unable even to recognize everyday objects, and Sue, a neurobiologist who has never seen in three dimensions, until she suddenly acquires stereoscopic vision in her fifties. There is Pat, who reinvents herself as a loving grandmother and active member of her community, despite the fact that she has aphasia and cannot utter a sentence, and Howard, a prolific novelist who must find a way to continue his life as a writer even after a stroke destroys his ability to read. And there is Dr. Sacks himself, who tells the story of his own eye cancer and the bizarre and disconcerting effects of losing vision to one side. Sacks explores some very strange paradoxes-- people who can see perfectly well but cannot recognize their own children, and blind people who become hyper-visual or who navigate by tongue vision. He also considers more fundamental questions: How do we see? How do we think? How important is internal imagery or vision, for that matter? Why is it that, although writing is only five thousand years old, humans have a universal, seemingly innate, potential for reading? The Mind's Eye is a testament to the complexity of vision and the brain and to the power of creativity and adaptation. And it provides a whole new perspective on the power of language and communication, as we try to imagine what it is to see with another person's eyes, or another person's mind.
Vintage Sacksby Oliver Sacks
Oliver Sacks' empathetic understanding and compelling storytelling ability have turned his accounts of his patients and his own life into literature, as evidenced in "Uncle Tungsten," "Stinks and Bangs," and "Cannery Row" from Uncle Tungsten; the Foreword and "Rose R." from Awakenings; "A Deaf World" from Seeing Voices; and excerpts from "Island Hopping" and "Pingelap" from The Island of the Colorblind.
Musicophiliaby Oliver Sacks
Sacks's own enthusiasm about the complex workings of the human mind (he teaches clinical neurology and psychiatry at Columbia U. ) becomes infectious in his writings. In this volume, he turns his attention to the many phenomena concerning music and the brain, relating the scientific explanations alongside numerous and compelling case studies. Sacks describes the effects of music--and different aspects of music--on ordinary individuals, musicians, and people who have had accidents or disabilities, in chapters on music and memory, musical hallucinations, music therapy, and perfect pitch, among other topics. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
The Paradoxical Brainby Oliver Sacks Álvaro Pascual-Leone Tom Manly Andrew Mayes Jonathan Cole Sergio Della Sala Narinder Kapur Vilayanur Ramachandran
The Paradoxical Brain focuses on a range of phenomena in clinical and cognitive neuroscience that are counter-intuitive and go against the grain of established thinking. The book covers a wide range of topics by leading researchers, including: * Superior performance after brain lesions or sensory loss * Return to normal function after a second brain lesion in neurological conditions * Paradoxical phenomena associated with human development * Examples where having one disease appears to prevent the occurrence of another disease * Situations where drugs with adverse effects on brain functioning may have beneficial effects in certain situations A better understanding of these interactions will lead to a better understanding of brain function and to the introduction of new therapeutic strategies. The book will be of interest to those working at the interface of brain and behaviour, including neuropsychologists, neurologists, psychiatrists and neuroscientists.
Oaxaca Journalby Oliver Sacks
Since childhood, Oliver Sacks has been fascinated by ferns: an ancient class of plants able to survive and adapt in many climates. Along with a delightful group of fellow fern aficionados--mathematicians, poets, artists, and assorted botanists and birders--he embarks on an exploration of Southern Mexico, a region that is also rich in human history and culture. He muses on the origins of chocolate and mescal, pre-Columbian culture and hallucinogens, the vibrant sights and sounds of the marketplace, and the peculiar passions of botanists. What other species would comb ancient Zapotec ruins on their hands and knees, searching for a new type of fern? Combining Sacks's enthusiasm for natural history and the richness of humanity with his sharp and observant eye for detail, Oaxaca Journal is a rare treat.
Hallucinationsby Oliver Sacks
Hallucinations, for most people, imply madness. But there are many different types of non-psychotic hallucination caused by various illnesses or injuries, by intoxication--even, for many people, by falling sleep. From the elementary geometrical shapes that we see when we rub our eyes to the complex swirls and blind spots and zigzags of a visual migraine, hallucination takes many forms. At a higher level, hallucinations associated with the altered states of consciousness that may come with sensory deprivation or certain brain disorders can lead to religious epiphanies or conversions. Drawing on a wealth of clinical examples from his own patients as well as historical and literary descriptions, Oliver Sacks investigates the fundamental differences and similarities of these many sorts of hallucinations, what they say about the organization and structure of our brains, how they have influenced every culture's folklore and art, and why the potential for hallucination is present in us all.
The Island of the Colorblindby Oliver Sacks
Oliver Sacks has always been fascinated by islands--their remoteness, their mystery, above all the unique forms of life they harbor. For him, islands conjure up equally the romance of Melville and Stevenson, the adventure of Magellan and Cook, and the scientific wonder of Darwin and Wallace. Drawn to the tiny Pacific atoll of Pingelap by intriguing reports of an isolated community of islanders born totally color-blind, Sacks finds himself setting up a clinic in a one-room island dispensary, where he listens to these achromatopic islanders describe their colorless world in rich terms of pattern and tone, luminance and shadow. And on Guam, where he goes to investigate the puzzling neurodegenerative paralysis endemic there for a century, he becomes, for a brief time, an island neurologist, making house calls with his colleague John Steele, amid crowing cockerels, cycad jungles, and the remains of a colonial culture. The islands reawaken Sacks' lifelong passion for botany--in particular, for the primitive cycad trees, whose existence dates back to the Paleozoic--and the cycads are the starting point for an intensely personal reflection on the meaning of islands, the dissemination of species, the genesis of disease, and the nature of deep geologic time. Out of an unexpected journey, Sacks has woven an unforgettable narrative which immerses us in the romance of island life, and shares his own compelling vision of the complexities of being human.
Awakeningsby Oliver Sacks
Awakenings -- which inspired the major motion picture -- is the remarkable story of a group of patients who contracted sleeping-sickness during the great epidemic just after World War I. Frozen for decades in a trance-like state, these men and women were given up as hopeless until 1969, when Dr. Oliver Sacks gave them the then-new drug L-DOPA, which had an astonishing, explosive, "awakening" effect. Dr. Sacks recounts the moving case histories of his patients, their lives, and the extraordinary transformations which went with their reintroduction to a changed world.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Migraineby Oliver Sacks
'A mine of treasures, a source of visions, a microcosm of human experience and suffering, the philosopher's stone: Migraineis a remarkable achievement' Sunday Telegraph Migraine is an age-old - the first recorded instances date back over two thousand years - and often debilitating condition, affecting a 'substantial minority' of the population across the globe. In this book, Oliver Sacks offers at once a medical account of its occurrence and management; an exploration of its physical, physiological, and psychological underpinnings and consequences; and a meditation on the nature and experience of health and illness. 'It delves into the workings of the brain with brilliant complexity, and should be required reading for migraine sufferers or those with an intellectual bent' Cosmopolitan 'Migraineis full of those wondrous insights that have made Oliver Sacks the most accessible and at the same time the most magisterial of doctors' Anita Brookner, Spectator 'Written with Sacks's customary insight and grace, no book has helped me understand more about the mind-body connection' Hilary Mantel, Mail on Sunday
Seeing Voicesby Oliver Sacks
Like The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, this is a fascinating voyage into a strange and wonderful land, a provocative meditation on communication, biology, adaptation, and culture. In Seeing Voices, Oliver Sacks turns his attention to the subject of deafness, and the result is a deeply felt portrait of a minority struggling for recognition and respect -- a minority with its own rich, sometimes astonishing, culture and unique visual language, an extraordinary mode of communication that tells us much about the basis of language in hearing people as well. Seeing Voices is, as Studs Terkel has written, "an exquisite, as well as revelatory, work."From the Trade Paperback edition.
Uncle Tungstenby Oliver Sacks
From his earliest days, Oliver Sacks, the distinguished neurologist who is also one of the most remarkable storytellers of our time, was irresistibly drawn to understanding the natural world. Born into a large family of doctors, metallurgists, chemists, physicists, and teachers, his curiosity was encouraged and abetted by aunts, uncles, parents, and older brothers. But soon after his sixth birthday, the Second World War broke out and he was evacuated from London, as were hundreds of thousands of children, to escape the bombing. Exiled to a school that rivaled Dickens's grimmest, fed on a steady diet of turnips and beetroots, tormented by a sadistic headmaster, and allowed home only once in four years, he felt desolate and abandoned. When he returned to London in 1943 at the age of ten, he was a changed, withdrawn boy, one who desperately needed order to make sense of his life. He was sustained by his secret passions: for numbers, for metals, and for finding patterns in the world around him. Under the tutelage of his "chemical" uncle, Uncle Tungsten, Sacks began to experiment with "the stinks and bangs" that almost define a first entry into chemistry: tossing sodium off a bridge to see it take fire in the water below; producing billowing clouds of noxious-smelling chemicals in his home lab. As his interests spread to investigations of batteries and bulbs, vacuum tubes and photography, he discovered his first great scientific heroes, men and women whose genius lay in understanding the hidden order of things and disclosing the forces that sustain and support the tangible world. There was Humphry Davy, the boyish chemist who delighted in sending flaming globules of metal shooting across his lab; Marie Curie, whose heroic efforts in isolating radium would ultimately lead to the unlocking of the secrets of the atom; and Dmitri Mendeleev, inventor of the periodic table, whose pursuit of the classification of elements unfolds like a detective story. Uncle Tungsten vividly evokes a time when virtual reality had not yet displaced a hands-on knowledge of the world. It draws us into a journey of discovery that reveals, through the enchantment and wonder of a childhood passion, the birth of an extraordinary and original mind. From the Hardcover edition.
An Anthropologist on Marsby Oliver Sacks
To these seven narratives of neurological disorder Dr. Sacks brings the same humanity, poetic observation, and infectious sense of wonder that are apparent in his bestsellers Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. These men, women, and one extraordinary child emerge as brilliantly adaptive personalities, whose conditions have not so much debilitated them as ushered them into another reality.
Brain and the Inner Worldby Oliver Sacks Mark Solms Oliver Turnbull
About this Book...The Brain and the Inner World is an eagerly-awaited account of a momentous revolution. Subjective mental states like consciousness, emotion, and dreaming were once confined to the realm of philosophy, psychoanalysis, and the human sciences. These topics now assume center stage in leading neuroscientific laboratories around the world. This shift has produced an explosion of new insights into the natural laws that govern our inner life. By two pioneers in the field, The Brain and the Inner World guides us through the exciting new discoveries, showing how old psychodynamic concepts are being forged into a scientific framework for understanding subjective experience. It is not that the mind is reduced to neurobiology. Rather, thanks to neurobiology, we are free to believe in the power of the mind. The neurosciences will soon be able to argue with Plato, Descartes, James, Freud, and Lacan about the mysterious connections between emotions, experience, will, reason, and creativity.
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With Zara's recent efforts to improve the quality of their products and make strides in being a more conscious company, the latest news about one of our favorite fast fashion retailers comes as an enormous shock. According to Telegraph UK, an investigation of a South American factory that may be producing Zara products has revealed "slave labor" working conditions.
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La Alameda, a worker's rights group, had caught wind of the Buenos Aires factory conditions that would turn anyone's stomach - namely 13-hour work days and "sweatshop" conditions for adults and children - and in response, the workplace was raided by Argentinian officials. Sadly, as reported by Telegraph, the findings included employees living within the factory space and working six-day weeks while denied their right to breaks.
Zara officials did respond saying that "the workshops in question do not appear to have any relationship with our approved suppliers in Argentina," and agreed to further investigations of their properties. Whether it's connected to Zara or not (and we're really hoping not), this factory and any workplace of the like deserves our immediate attention, outrage, and demand to change. (Telegraph U.K.)
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When I was about knee-high -- during those years when everyone has embarrassing pictures of themselves in the tub (we can all thank our parents) -- boats in the bath were the highlight of every single day. Inching older, I grew into larger and larger toy boats, starting on more interactive boyishness with G.I. Joe's USS Flag aircraft carrier; then onto assembling the red-striped sails of the LEGO pirate ship, the "Black Pearl"; and eventually rubber cementing together a 1:535-scale model of the USS Missouri. Sid Meier's Pirates! (1987) defined an unforgettable portion of my grade school days; and to recap that simple sense of high-seas adventure, I had Ascaron's Pirate Hunter installed on my hard drive until Sid Meier graced us once again with a fun-loving remake of his own Pirates! in 2004.
And now Pirates of the Burning Sea, by developer Flying Lab Software and published by Sony Online Entertainment (don't wince just yet), pens a commendable chapter in a genre blotted with some beautiful bounties like the aforementioned offspring of Sid Meier, along with some mutinous malcontents like Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales.
At first glance, it appears as though Burning Sea just might bridge a nearly insurmountable gap between EVE Online's (space-) ship combat and the average MMO's land-lubbin' avatar encounters. And in a loose sense, it does, but still colonizes a unique space in the universe of persistent online worlds.
For starters, Burning Sea's backdrop takes place in the early 18th century (circa 1720) along a highly-contested collection of coastlines and archipelagos once known as the Spanish Main -- the Caribbean Sea. The players roam a map that unfurls from present-day French Guiana in South America, west to the largely Spanish- and French-owned Gulf of Mexico, and curving up north along the Atlantic side to Charlesfort in what would eventually become South Carolina.
Point being that it's the rare MMO indeed that sports a setting with any basis in reality. But don't let that cornerstone of non-fiction weigh you down, because we're still talking about the "Golden Age of Sail" here, we're still talking about one of the most romanticized periods in American history, and we're still talking about a character ideal that sports its very own unofficial international holiday every September 19th (Talk Like a Pirate Day) -- all of which Flying Labs Software draws copious inspiration from. And just in case the taint of historicity has you jumping ship already, the developers were kind enough to include room for superstition, as sea farers are a superstitious lot, and they've also brought their very own bona fide ghost ship into play.
Character creation also has a distinct ebb and flow from typical fantasy- and science fiction-based MMOs. The avatar assembly begins by selecting a nation: English, French, Spanish, or the unaligned Pirates. Only Pirates can be pirates (if I may be redundant), while the other three official nations may enlist as Privateers -- the government-commissioned version of a pirate; Free Traders for those with an economic and crafting bent; and Naval Officers, the big guns of the Burning Sea. Pirates differ from the other nations in how they may capture and keep ships, but not ports. The other three nations may capture and keep ports, but not ships. Impressions of port contention will appear in my full review (due in one month) as this Realm vs. Realm feature will be switched on January 22nd.
Next, since loot doesn't consist of random drops like a +5 Chumbucket-Smelling Longcoat of Blackbeard's Despair, you're able to tailor your avatar's clothing from the outset; and this is the brilliant type of customization on par with City of Heroes' mix-n-match, rainbow of colors wardrobe. Before you even hit the pier you will fully look the part of the dashing officer, the rowdy sea dog, the double-chinned merchant, or even the unassuming deckhand. Flipping and switching those stereotypes is recommended and doable as well. And as far as superstitions go, there aren't any against females onboard sailing vessels. Besides, 75 percent of all male MMO subscribers play dress up with female avatars at some point during their free 30 days. The other 25 percent are lying.
The tutorial is likewise short and sweet, diving right in with an action-centric intro involving your unexpected commissioning as a ship captain, and a purportedly bad luck-inducing treasure map. It gives a tangible grip on ship-to-ship combat (which is bloody brilliant), and some controlled face-to-face time with hand-to-hand combat (which is a problematic endeavor).
Your initial ship is a small, fast, lightly-gunned schooner, which isn't dangerous to anyone except an overzealous captain. But it flies your nation's colors proudly from the mast, and it's listing to the side with a swarthy crew, ready for pillage and plunder. The entire crew is comprised of cannon-fodder NPCs, who automatically regenerate to full numbers between conflicts; no recruiting efforts required.
With the expected temporal and monetary investments that mark the MMO genre, you can expect to work your way up to a gorgeous freight-laden galleon, a menacingly sleek and long-prowed xebec, or even a monolithic 100-gun ship-of-the-line. Every single one of them is lovingly detailed, which only makes it hurt more when you see the real-time damage-rendering shove holes into your hulls and tear your sails to shreds when you take "full broadsides" from an enemy vessel.
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Breaking away from holiday traditionPosted Thursday, December 20, 2007, at 6:22 PM
Christmas will soon be upon us and our family is about to break stride with tradition and we're doing something different for the holiday this year.
Instead of getting involved with all of the hustle and bustle and insanity of finding that special gift for each and every family member, we've opted this year to take a chance and do what we had not done before.
We aren't buying gifts -- or at least the level of gift buying is being greatly reduced -- except for the grandkids.
With the cash we will presume to save, we are all -- our family, more than 20 of us -- have booked rooms for a couple of nights this weekend at a hotel in Clarksville -- located along the beautiful Ohio River in southern Indiana. It's sort of a centralized meeting place for our family members who are scattered about in Indiana and Michigan.
We are going to do a mini-gift exchange with a $10 limit, but other than that, we've had to pledge to adhere to the rules and bring only ourselves for two nights of being with the family.
I recently read that the average American uses about 70 feet of Christmas paper and nearly 53 yards of ribbon to wrap an average of 32 gifts each year.
Just count the gift under your own tree on Christmas morning. How many gifts are there?
The get-away idea for our Christmas this year has already drawn mixed reviews from some of the family members and it hasn't even happened yet. But for the most part, we all agree that in the past we have all over-indulged in the gift giving and probably lost sight of the true meaning of this wonderful holiday.
Christmas is a time of the year associated with fun, happiness and family.
We plan to capitalize on all three aspects this weekend -- with our two daughters and their families joining my wife's parents and step-siblings and their kids for what 'should' be a nice time.
We will have a few mini Christmas trees displayed and some festive lights strung in our rooms just to set the holiday mood.
To help pass our time until Sunday afternoon, we will, of course, enjoy some family time together -- a precious commodity that we don't get to do nearly enough these days with everybody's busy schedules. We are going to play board games, watch movies, view some ball games on the television and enjoy some meals together -- and nobody has to cook or do the dishes. Beware, we will be taking a dip or two in the indoor pool and probably soak much longer in the hot tub.
We hope to be able to gather also as a family and offer up our thanks in prayer for the many blessings and good fortunes of the past year. Life is full of ups and downs, but if the truth is known we are all blessed and for that we all need to forever thankful.
It's going to be a time of rest and relaxation. We hope and pray the kiddies who are ages 1-2-3-4-10 and 12 will cooperate and let great-grandpa, great-grandma, Nana, Pops and their uncles and aunts have some time to kick back and relax.
This adventure is truly a family experiment. It will be something that we'll do again next year or we could decide to go back to the old tried and true tradition of gathering in our hometown of Tell City.
We just hope to retain the true spirit of Christmas in whatever we decide to do in the future.
The good news of Christmas is not a date in history, but the true celebration is the birth of Christ -- our savior.
The Christmas season for the believer is not a time for selfish feasting and preoccupation with so many commercialized things that don't really matter.
It must be a time for spreading good cheer and the important message, "Unto you is born a Savior."
Merry Christmas to everyone.
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Little time this week, unfortunately, for me to keep up with the Pussy Riot conviction (as promised here) or anything else. But I recommend Charles Cameron's series of posts (six so far, and counting) over at Zenpundit, including his annotated summary of their closing statements. The statements themselves are very lucid and articulate, as one should expect from women who can quote Rosi Braidotti *AND* Nicolai Berdyaev.
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6929 Airport Blvd Ste 175, Austin, TX | Directions 7875230.336751 -97.716910
Monday 09:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Tuesday 09:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Wednesday 09:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Thursday 09:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Friday 09:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday 09:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Sunday 09:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Neighborhoods: Brentwood - Highland, Highland
Very bad experience – I went to Chopstick for lunch. (First time visting it in a couple of years) In the past it was one of my favorite Chinese restaurants in Austin. Today the food was not good. The sesame chicken, which is usually my favorite was soggy and stale. I took a friend there bragging about how this was one of my favorite places to eat and how reasonable the prices were. He went to the men's room before eating and stayed a very long time. Then he returned and seemed to have a hard time eating his food. I later visited the ladies room and was shocked at what I found. It smelled so bad that I wondered why the smell had not overtaken the entire restaurant. It was just awful. It smelled like very strong and old urine. It appeared not to have been cleaned in a very long time. I did not use it, just washed my hands but I wished I had not entered it because it made me sick to my stomach. My friend and I did not discuss the restrooms but I knew why he could not eat and I was very sorry that I suggested that recommended it.
Not what I expected! – As I walked in, I was greeted by the young lady in the front and was directed where to go for the buffet. The line for the buffet was also long, so I figured the food must be good. I thought, "nicely greeted, long line- this lunch should be good." Little did I know, the food was just OKAY and the service ended up not being what I had thought. The sesame and general joes were both soggy- not fresh and crispy like I remembered years ago. I asked if anymore would come out and the lady that stands at the buffet area said, "soon" but by the time it came out, we had to leave. I also overheard the buffet-lady speaking rudely to another customer, which I felt was inappropriate. Maybe there was a language barrier, I don't know. The service went from what I thought was "friendly" to Rude!
As I went up to pay, I politely asked the young girl in front who the manager/owners were. She told me it was a family-run-business and my buffet-lady was the "lady(mom/wife)-of-the-restaurant". FIGURES!
Other than that, I would say the price/cost wasn't too bad. You get what you pay for, although I'd rather pay that amount somewhere else.
Delivered quickly... I was so glad it was hot when I got it... – So, my boyfriend and I have been ordering Chinese from the same place for a year or so now. We've never been satisfied, but we keep ordering it bc it is quick delivery. Well, last night I was searching delivery Chinese in Hyde Park and found one review on Chopsticks. I ended up ordering Orange Chicken, chicken spring rolls, and chicken veggie terriaki w/ spicy sauce. I was told that it would take 45-60 min and it was here in thirty, piping hot... did i mention that all of that food for only 19 something? Anyway, don't get the orange chicken unless you like dark meat. But everything else was awesome. The chicken spring rolls and their spicy peanut sauce was wonderful. My favorite tho was the spicy chicken terriaki w/ veggies. Get that, don't think twice. Mushrooms, onions, carrots, cabbage I think and chicken, lots and lots of chicken and a sweet and spicy sauce.
Good food, fast delivery and wonderful people – Austin Texas might not be the place you think of when it comes to Chinese food; and my neighborhood is somewhat limited when it comes to food delivery of any kind but Chopsticks has been one of the best restaurants I've ever had deliver food to me - much better than most any other Chinese take-out or delivery I've had not only in Austin but even when compared to my home city of San Francisco. The food I've had from Chopsticks competes with my favorite restaurants from home and I've come to crave their Curry Chicken, also their Shrimp Spring Roll (they also have Chicken and Beef) are a perfect alternative to the greasy egg roll I get from the "other" delivery place.
I discovered Chopsticks when a menu was placed on my door, prior to that I was ordering from another place; well I once made the mistake of accidently ordering from the old place one night in a hurry and confused which one was the good one. Well I called the wrong one! What a difference! I was so disappointed that night: I barely touched the food and began ordering exclusively from Chopsticks ever since. I have no trouble remembering them now.
The Curry is just yummy (Chicken and Beef that I know of) and their Spring Roll are fresh, crispy and flavorful (Shrimp, Chicken and Beef) with a delightful sauce to dip them in, they have A&W root beer, my favorite soda many don't. They always remember my chopsticks; which may sound silly but so many of the others never remember and though I don't know why, if it's some kind of weird OCD (Obsesive/Compulsive Disorder) thing or what but I must have chopsticks! It's just not the same without 'em!.
I don't think anyone would call be a big tipper but they are so reasonably priced that I enjoy giving them a little more of a tip than I might the others. I just really appreciate them alot. They make a big difference in my day to day life and well...don't know what I'd do without 'em. I love 'em! Try them, I think you will too!
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Dr. Neal Barnard, President, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine George Washington University School of Medicine
Remember the big picture: Populations that stick to traditional high-carbohydrate diets (for example, Asian rice-based diets) typically have low rates of obesity and diabetes. When they abandon traditional rice-based diets in favor of meatier Western fare, carbohydrate intake falls, but weight problems and diabetes increase.
In clinical trials, plant-based diets—low in fat and high in complex carbohydrate and fiber—facilitate weight loss. Our research team showed that even in the absence of exercise, a low-fat vegan diet causes weight loss and improves insulin sensitivity. (1) And although this may seem counterintuitive, our study participants found the vegan diet easier to stick with than the standard—or American Diabetes Association—diet. That's because no one has to cut calories, watch portion sizes, or limit carbohydrates.
For diabetes management, the big concern is cardiovascular damage, which is the combined result of several factors. For the heart, elevated LDL (bad cholesterol) levels, hypertension, smoking, and other factors appear to play larger roles than hyperglycemia. For the microvasculature of the eyes, kidneys, and nerves, hyperglycemia plays a larger role. The bottom line is that we want to control all of these risk factors.
Vegan Diet Tackles A1c, LDL, Blood Pressure, and Weight
In our recent study published in Diabetes Care in August 2006, we found that, in participants whose medications and exercise were held constant, a low-fat, low-glycemic-index, vegan diet lowered A1c's by 1.2% on average, which is greater than the effect of typical oral medications.(2) Generally speaking, A1c changes were greater among those whose initial A1c values were higher or who had a great deal of weight to lose. We also found an average 21% drop in LDL (bad cholesterol). The LDL/HDL ratio improved, and blood pressure fell somewhat. This vegan diet also caused significant weight loss, despite the fact that it allowed unlimited carbohydrate intake.
Low-Carb Diet Sacks A1c, But What About Cholesterol and Kidney Function?
Low-carb diets typically reduce A1c, but have an unpredictable effect on cholesterol. Normally, weight loss reduces cholesterol levels. But while some low-carbohydrate dieters experience a cholesterol reduction, about one-third of low-carb dieters have just the opposite result: a cholesterol increase, sometimes quite big. In some reports, individuals have had to drop out of low-carbohydrate research studies because of rapidly rising LDL.(3) This probably occurs because when carbohydrate-rich foods are limited, people typically replace them with meats, dairy products, or other foods that are high in saturated fat and cholesterol. Such foods are also linked with higher risk of cancer and other health problems.
Low-carbohydrate diets also may contain animal protein, which can be taxing to the kidneys and lead to renal damage over the long run. Harvard researchers reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine that high-protein diets were associated with a significant decline in kidney function among individuals whose kidney function was mildly impaired to begin with. This was based on observations in 1,624 women participating in the Nurses' Health Study.(4) Mild renal impairment is found in approximately 40% of individuals with diabetes.(5) For them, a high-protein diet accelerates the loss of kidney function. There are, to my knowledge, no long-term studies of the effect of low-carbohydrate diets on renal function.
For further details, readers may wish to consult the Diabetes Care article or the other research details provided in Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes (Rodale 2007). For details on beginning such diets, you may wish to visit http://www.pcrm.org/.
1. Barnard ND, Scialli AR, Turner-McGrievy G, Lanou AJ, Glass J. The effects of a low-fat, plant-based dietary intervention on body weight, metabolism, and insulin sensitivity. Am J Med 2005;118:991-997.
2. Barnard ND, Cohen J, Jenkins DJ, Turner-McGrievy G, Gloede L, Jaster B, Seidl K, Green AA, Talpers S. A low-fat, vegan diet improves glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in a randomized clinical trial in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Diab Care 2006;29:1777-1783.
3. Westman EC, Yancy WS, Edman JS, Tomlin KF, Perkins CE. Effect of a 6-month adherence to a very low carbohydrate diet program. Am J Med 2002;113:30-6.
4. Knight EL, Stampfer MJ, Hankinson SE, Spiegelman D, Curhan GC. The Impact of Protein Intake on Renal Function Decline in Women with Normal Renal Function or Mild Renal Insufficiency Ann Int Med 2003;138:460-7.
5. Coresh J, Astor BC, Greene T, Eknoyan G, Levey AS. Prevalence of chronic kidney disease and decreased kidney function in the adult US population: Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Am J Kidney Dis 2003;41:1-12.
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Ultrarunning legend Dean Karnazes has run 262 miles-the equivalent of ten marathons-without rest. He has run over mountains, across Death Valley, and to the South Pole-and is probably the first person to eat an entire pizza while running. With an insight, candor, and humor rarely seen in sports memoirs (and written without the aid of a ghostwriter or cowriter), Ultramarathon Man has inspired tens of thousands of people-nonrunners and runners alike-to push themselves beyond their comfort zones and be reminded of "what it feels like to be truly alive," saysSam Fussell, author of Muscle.
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I've been working out of town, in Lynchburg Virginia, the past two weeks and staying in a motel. Every morning I go downstairs to have my breakfast. This past Sunday I was eating breakfast and there was a woman standing by the microwave which was close to my table. "How are you this morning?" she asked. "I'm fine, thank you" I responded, I'm the type of person who doesn't like to talk in the morning. I'm also a live and let live person and am always polite, but I wasn't interested in getting into a conversation.
"We came here to go to the church across the street," (Thomas Road Baptist Church, the one Jerry Falwell founded) "we came to hear (somebody?) Sing." I didn't say anything.
"Are you going to church today?"
"No I've got to work today." I said, hoping she would get her food and go sit down somewhere.
"Well you know the lord don't you?"
Oh brother, I thought, I really didn't want to go there. "Oh yeah, "I lied wishing this to be over. I was getting irritated now. I really didn't want to get into a discussion about beliefs .
"That's what I'm all about, this life isn't all there is you know."
This whole encounter I felt like was an invasion of my privacy. I would have liked to have told the woman to mind her own business, but I really just wanted to finish my breakfast in peace.
I'm just wondering if any of you have had a similar experience, and how you handled it, or how I may have handled this differently.
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Just today I was interrogated about my religious beliefs at work. I work with the public. I ended up coping out and saying "I was raised Catholic," and grunting and "ummm-hmmm-ing" in affirmation through the rest of the conversation. I felt a little shitty for lying but I did not need to be evangelized today, which was already a tough day. I also do not need to deal with any blow-back at my place of work either. Apparently I am very good at lying (for shame, damnit!) and swallowing my frustration--the customer thanked me for being "so genuine." Christ on a fucking unicycle!!!
It really pisses me off. I'm working. I'm a captive audience. I have to be polite to you. Part of my job is to steer conversations away from heated topics like religion, so I can help my customers. It's not the time or place. In addition, why do people feel it is appropriate to ask such personal questions of strangers? If I weren't working, I might have decided to grill him on his voting record, his diet, or his spending habits.
Thank you, Keith. Thank you TA. I really needed to get this off of my chest.
I wonder what would happen if you leered at them and said, "I'm a Moonie".
Not surprised. Lynchburg, VA is Falwell territory with Liberty University being there and a strong presence of the SBC. If you've ever been on the Liberty Campus, they have an area in the student Union that is like walking into religious temple dedicated to Falwell - very idolistic and disgusting how they worship that man. The only voices critical over there seems to be their local newspaper, which I understand gets negative attention from the community when they expose something hypocritical about the university and the faculty - at least, that was my interpretation from speaking with a professor there that held an obvious disdain for the paper.
I was there a few years ago because the university does a New Years celebration there and the first church I had worked at liked having there youth go. The youth and I didn't exactly "fit in" with that crowd.
Perhaps she was just trying to make conversation. I'd have likely continued the conversation to the extent she wanted, but been honest about my atheism to the extent it was relevant. I don't particularly like small talk or church talk, but it feels like people are becoming too cloistered and too unable to meet with disagreement. This would be an opportunity to act contrary to those trends.
"Oh no, ma'am. I'm not Christian." in a completely polite voice. Just like telling someone you're allergic to shellfish or you don't eat meat. If pressed, I usually follow up with, "We don't associate with any religion that condones blood sacrifices or bigotry, but thanks so much for your concern. I know it comes from a good place. " And look apologetically horrified while backing away.
Excellent! They probably are still realizing what it is you've said waaaaay after you've finished saying it.
I would have just simply told her, "Thank you for that, but I'm an atheist and not really interested. Thanks all the same, have a nice day"
@Kieth, I think I'd have done exactly the same. Its nice to think up witty quips, and they're fun, but faced with reality, I think I'd feel too unkind if I was rude.
When confronted by like minded people I say: "Please take your delusions to someone more credulous than I". It usually confounds them and they simply wander away.
I believe these people who ask if you know the lord somehow think they will get an extra fluffy pillow to lounge upon on that cloud in the afterlife. It is socially responsible to be polite I suppose but it's much more rewarding to "blow their hair back" with a retort about your pastafarian membership in the FSM church.
Hehe...I love how the first thing you said sounds so much like that Serenity clip.
"You best make peace with your dear and fluffy lord."